National youth development agency (NYDA) is going to spend around R180 000 out of the 420 million annual budget on three different social dialogues.
The dialogues themed 20 years of democracy will be held in Eastern Cape and Western Cape and Northern Cape on the 12th, 13th and 15th of this month.
NYDA chairperson Yershen Pillay said the public dialogues will all be about community engagement on issues affecting them and how better can the NYDA help improve their situation.
“The programme is not finalised but that they would like the Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe or his Deputy Buti Manamela to be there.
He said the NYDA has the scholarship fund which has given R20 million worth of funding to young people who excel and wish to study further.
Ntokozo Motha from Orange farm who is a member of a recycle cooperative project in Orange Farm and said NYDA gave them R90,000 for their project and said they are going to use the money to buy equipment for their recycling project
“The youth should not always blame the government for jobs, they must knock on doors and if doors won’t open, they must keep knocking and the door will eventually open,” said Motha.
In 2011, the NYDA came under fire after it announced that it had spent R100million on the international youth festival. The DA and its youth wing have since called for the NYDA to be disbanded.
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